Monthly Archives: January 2005

UC Riverside Graduate Directs Documentary on Shirley Chisholm
“CHISHOLM ’72 – Unbought & Unbossed” to air on the award-winning P.O.V. series Saturday, February 12 at 9 p.m. on PBS/KCET, during Black History Month
(January 31, 2005)

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – The work of University of California, Riverside graduate Shola Lynch will be broadcast at 9 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, on PBS’ “P.O.V.” series. The television documentary recalls the groundbreaking Presidential bid of Shirley Chisholm, the first African-American woman to run for president. Read More

It was a performance fit for the Queen of Kitsch. With a yellow Rolls-Royce as her carriage and the Harvard marching band for footmen, Singer Bette Midler trouped into Cambridge, Mass., last week to collect her Woman of the Year award from Hasty Pudding, the university’s 181-year-old theatrical club.

“I’ve showered, shaved and F.D.S.ed myself into a stupor,” announced Midler, who happily accepted a gold brassiere from club officials and a third-row seat for the annual Hasty Pudding drag musical. Read More

Mister D:Bette actually was escorted to the Oscar’s by musician Chaz Sanford…I have a picture of their arrival further down….the picture with Peter Riegert was taken at the 1979 New York premiere of “The Rose” (November 6. 1979)

THE 52ND ACADEMY AWARDS WAS ONE FOR THE AGES. FOR INstance, 8-year-old Justin Henry (Kramer vs. Kramer) was up against 79-year-old Melvyn Douglas (Being There) and 59-year-old MickeyRooney(The Black Stallion), a former child star himself, in the Best Supporting Actor category. An 18-year-old, Mariel Hemingway, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Woody Allen’s lover in Manhattan. The former Gidget, Sally Field, was among the Best Actress nominees for her role in Norma Rae. The generation gap that had colored the ’70s seemed to be playing itself out in the last year of the decade, and at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion no less. Read More

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) – Comedy was absolutely king during the 30 years that Johnny Carson ruled late-night TV from his desk at “The Tonight Show,” but from his very first program in 1962, the landmark series also made time for music.

Tony Bennett was one of the guests the night Carson took the reins, and music would continue to have a place at the table through the next three decades.Read More

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Playbill.com
Andrea McArdle to Premiere New Show at Joe’s Pub
By Andrew Gans
January 28, 2005

Andrea McArdle, best known for her Tony-nominated performance in the title role of the original Broadway production of Annie, will premiere a new concert/cabaret act at Joe’s Pub in March.On March 13, McArdle will present So Far, a new act directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (Bette Midler’s “Kiss My Brass”). In addition to several of her signature tunes, McArdle will also perform material by Stephen Sondheim and other theatre composers. Show time is 9:30 PM.Read More

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The 2 hour show, which has been described as a Broadway-esque concert event features multiple costume changes and is framed by a huge spectacular stage set, which re-creates Coney Island at the turn of the 19th century. Bette is backed up on stage by a 12-piece band plus the singing and dancing trio of Harlettes.Read More

This comes from Bette’s “Official” Site. but the main date is wrong for Melbourne…should be the 18th. Can someone get it together at Sony….????

If you’re going to have an “official” site, then please give Ms. M the respect she deserves or else I’ll tell your parent company….who owns Sony anyway??? I can’t keep up with all these mergers!!! 🙂 And what about Perth???? Or western Australia???

In the era of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie, entertainer Sophie Tucker rose above her humble beginnings as the daughter of Jewish Russian immigrants in Boston’s North End to become an international showbiz star.Read More

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